The Ryutoku is a magical instrument that enhances the performances of the wielder. Allowing the wielder to turn any venue into a perfect one.

Enhanced Acoustics: The Ryutoku magically alters the sound played to perfectly fit the area, and even make it into a proper sound hall. Using this, any pub or field can be turned into a great opera hall.

This gives the user a +5 competence bonus to perform (String)

Versatile tunes: The Ryutoko can alter the tunes of its strings, allowing the wielder to perform tunes from different instruments and larger ranges of music.

A bard that uses this instrument can use their bardic performance pool to also perform Satire, Mockery, Dweomercraft and True Confession.

(( Something about different kinds of bardic performance ))

Up to 11: This lute goes loud! The user of the lute can play notes much more amplified than a normal lute should they so choose. Allowing for a more full range of expression, or to reach a larger audience, it can also be used to hype up listeners.

Whenever the user of the lute uses a class ability that grants a competence bonus (such as the bard's inspire courage ability), the competence bonus granted to allies increases by 1. This benefit does not apply to spells that grant competence bonuses, nor does it stack with other item effects that increase competence bonuses.

(( Not married to any of the particular powers. The theme is a magical instrument that makes any place a good place for a performance, even if the stuffy noble hall is not perfectly designed for instruments. And then enhances the performances in the well designed spaces. Don't quite know the powerlevel of the powers. ))

(( Want a kind of personally empowering gestalt music item. Not so much a support boosting item. ))